Sec. 38a-792. (Formerly Sec. 38-77). Casualty claim adjusters. Penalty. Attorneys exempted.
Sec. 38a-792. (Formerly Sec. 38-77). Casualty claim adjusters. Penalty. Attorneys exempted. (a) No person may act as an adjuster of casualty claims for any insurance
company or firm or corporation engaged in the adjustment of casualty claims unless
such person has first secured a license from the commissioner, and has paid the license
fee specified in section 38a-11, for each two-year period or fraction thereof. Application
for such license shall be made as provided in section 38a-769. The commissioner may
waive the requirement for examination in the case of any applicant for a casualty claims
adjuster's license who is a nonresident of this state and who holds an equivalent license
from any other state. Any such license issued by the commissioner shall be in force
until the thirtieth day of June in each odd-numbered year unless sooner revoked or
suspended. The license may, in the discretion of the commissioner, be renewed biennially upon payment of the fee specified in section 38a-11. The commissioner may waive
the examination required under section 38a-769, in the case of an applicant who at any
time within two years next preceding the date of application has been licensed in this
state under a license of the same type as the license applied for.
(b) The commissioner may prescribe reasonable regulations governing the licensing
of casualty adjusters and the adjustment of casualty claims.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more
than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any member of the bar of this
state in good standing who is engaged in the general practice of the law.
(1949 Rev., S. 6070; 1955, S. 2790d; 1959, P.A. 621, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 488; P.A. 82-96, S. 2, 8; P.A. 90-243, S. 34;
P.A. 98-98, S. 7; P.A. 99-45, S. 6; P.A. 08-178, S. 38.)
History: 1959 act raised license fee to $10; 1969 act raised license fee to $20 and added provisions re examination
and examination fee; P.A. 82-96 required biennial rather than annual renewal for casualty claim adjusters' licenses and
accordingly doubled the license fee, effective June 1, 1983; P.A. 90-243 divided section into Subsecs., substituted "may"
for "shall", added provision re licensing application in accordance with Sec. 38a-769 and provisions re suspension or
revocation of licenses and discretionary biennial renewal of casualty claim adjusters licenses, deleting provision requiring
$10 examination fee; Sec. 38-77 transferred to Sec. 38a-792 in 1991; P.A. 98-98 amended Subsec. (a) to allow the commissioner to waive the examination requirement for nonresident applicants licensed in another state; P.A. 99-45 amended
Subsec. (a) to substitute, re granting a license if nonresident applicant holds an equivalent license, "from any other state"
for "from the state in which the applicant resides"; P.A. 08-178 increased maximum fine from $200 to $2,000 in Subsec. (c).